Cilla Black

Biography

Priscilla Maria Veronica White is best known by her stage name Cilla Black. She rose to fame in the 1960s as a pop singer and her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" both reached number one in the UK in 1964. She hosted her own variety show titled "Cilla" in the 60s and 70s and was an occasional comedy actress. Her career had a massive resurgence in the mid-80s and 1990s were she presented "Blind Date" were many tuned in for her acerbic comments, "Surprise Surprise" showed her softer side and "The Moment of Truth" was her successful peaktime game show. In the 2000s she put in memorable appearances on chat shows such as "The Paul O'Grady Show", "Loose Women" and "So Graham Norton". She died on 1st August 2015 after a fall in her villa in Estepona, Spain. The day after her funeral, the compilation album The Very Best of Cilla Black went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart; it was her first number one album.

Known For

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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

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There's Only One Paul McCartney

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Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air

Self (archive footage)

Burt Bacharach at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

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Cilla in Scandinavia

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Cilla Black's Christmas Eve

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Ferry Cross the Mersey

Betty Dorrick

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

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The Frankie Howerd Show

Self (archive footage)

Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

Self - Performer

Cilla at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

...Sings the Beatles

Self (archive footage)

Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show

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60s Legends in Concert

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The Ark

Self - Audience Member

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

Self (archive footage)

Our Cilla: The One and Only

Self

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

Self (archive footage)

If These Walls Could Sing

Self

The Abbey Road Story

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Cilla at the Savoy

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Produced By George Martin

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The Day John Lennon Died

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Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion